HedgeChatter: Twitter IPO and the Increasing Role of Social Media in the Stock Market
Ronald Barba
Sep 17, 2013
In April, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 150 points after a specious tweet made by The Associated Press claimed that an explosion at the White House caused injuries to President Obama. The tweet was quickly marked as fake, and the Dow stabilized after three minutes, but […]
>>” alt=”StockTwits – Just ask what’s going on and you’ll get an answer in seconds >>>” src=”http://www.naation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/StockTwits-aapl-Share-Ideas-Learn-from-Passionate-Investors-Traders.png” width=”640″ height=”513″/>StockTwits – Just ask what’s going on and you’ll get an answer in seconds >>>StockTwits is a short messaging social network just like Twitter, but totally adapted to the needs of stock investors and traders to manage the minute by minute flow […]
Brands’ Social Mentions Gradually Turning Positive in the USJuly 29, 2013 by MarketingCharts staffBrand conversations are on the rise on Twitter, and Twitter users who mention brands have an increasingly amplified voice. While the social space no doubt heightens the opportunity for good PR, bad news can also spread like wildfire. (Recent research suggests that bad customer service interactions are […]
Ever wonder what people are saying about your stocks? Tracking social-media sentiment about companies has become a regular part of portfolio management for many traders and investors in the last couple of years. If you’re one of them, or just curious, it’s definitely worth looking at a new Website from Market Prophit. Marketprophit.com, which is free while in beta […]
Ever wonder what people are saying about your stocks? Tracking social-media sentiment about companies has become a regular part of portfolio management for many traders and investors in the last couple of years. If you’re one of them, or just curious, it’s definitely worth looking at a new Website from Market Prophit. Marketprophit.com, which is free while in beta […]
Songdo City, Part 1: ‘Nudge’ Paternalism in the Big Data City[Part 1 of the 3-part series on Songdo City, South Korea]The world’s first “smart city” is nearing completion. Called an “aerotropolis” by some, Songdo will be an industry hub for international business travel. A clean-tech Startup City of sustainable urban life. A Korean ‘Big Apple’ imitating the density, structure, and […]
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I talk to Social Market Analytics founder Joe Gits about using Twitter Sentiment for Investments and their “secret sauce” which makes their platform effective.By Gregory Piatetsky, May 28, 2013.
Trading on Twitter sentiment is not a new idea.
It was pioneered on a serious scale in Johan Bollen et al paper
Twitter […]
Bitcoin’s quite the little minx isn’t it? The digital currency has been on a wild ride of late and has managed to engross not just the hard core internet users, but the world in general.From a standing start at $7.20 around 15 months ago, Bitcoin managed to hit $266 at around a week ago, before taking a hit and falling back to […]
The lights went out in New Orleans last night just after the halftime show of the Super Bowl, the outage caused a 35 minute delay in the biggest game of the year. While the 49ers and Ravens did their best to stay limber during the stoppage, social media users and several brands had some fun with the situation.
The Super […]
Back in 2011, sentiment analysis for Twitter was just beginning to phase into mainstream business conciousness. So, when London-based DCM Capital announced a hedge fund based on Twitter sentiment it was a bold move that ultimately didn’t gain the exposure the company were looking for, and the project closed after a few short months.The company has continued to refine its […]
